In Chapter One of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Mildred Taylor depicts Little Man as a boy who wants to be clean, representing his wanted equality and fairness in society. The author shows us Little Man’s desire for equality through his actions, an example being the rejection of the dirty book he was given on the first day of school. Little Man expresses his hatred for the insult to his race in his tattered book and stomps on it, refusing to use it “his face clouded, changing from sulky acceptance to puzzlement..[he flung] the book onto the floor and [stomped] madly on it” (ROTHMC 24). The teacher, Miss Crocker, does not agree with his behavior, though it was ethical, which leads to him getting a whipping. This conveys how Miss Crocker is
